Conservatorship of the Person of J.S. CA1/4
In January 2015, J.S. was found incompetent to stand trial on charges that he committed multiple sex offenses against a child under age 14 and against a child 10 years or younger. Thereafter, J.S. was committed to Napa State Hospital. In April 2016, Napa State Hospital advised the court there was no substantial likelihood J.S. would regain mental competency prior to the expiration of his commitment, and in January 2017, a jury found the requirements were met to establish a mental health conservatorship for J.S. under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (the LPS Act).
The following month, on February 1, 2017, the trial court filed an order appointing the Public Guardian of Contra Costa County (Public Guardian) as J.S.’s conservator and setting a placement hearing. J.S. appeals from that order, contending that the trial court committed reversible error by permitting the jury to consider evidence of the treatment he would receive if he was placed under conservatorship.
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